RV VIII , 58


 
RV VIII , 58 (soma = ‘purified’ eden-waters)
 
1. THIS here is Soma, ne’er restrained, active, all-conquering bursting forth,
Ṛṣi and Sage by sapience,
2 All that is bare he covers o’er, all that is sick he medicines;
The blind man sees, the cripple walks.

3 Thou, Soma, givest wide defence against the hate of alien men,
Hatreds that waste and weaken us.

[same theme in Zech. 11 , “support who doesn’t stand” etc]